Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 9,774 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic stood at 9,774 ha.
The figure is up 22.5% on the previous year and up 80.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 13,500 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 3,884 ha, in 1982.
That places Dominican Republic 41st out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,366 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 9,410 ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 9,500 ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 13,500 ha | +42.1% |
| 1979 | 7,610 ha | -43.6% |
| 1980 | 9,998 ha | +31.4% |
| 1981 | 5,807 ha | -41.9% |
| 1982 | 3,884 ha | -33.1% |
| 1983 | 5,519 ha | +42.1% |
| 1984 | 5,667 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 7,124 ha | +25.7% |
| 1986 | 5,713 ha | -19.8% |
| 1987 | 6,855 ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 7,259 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 5,603 ha | -22.8% |
| 1990 | 5,832 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 6,535 ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 8,496 ha | +30.0% |
| 1993 | 5,693 ha | -33.0% |
| 1994 | 6,244 ha | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 8,957 ha | +43.4% |
| 1996 | 7,462 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 5,890 ha | -21.1% |
| 1998 | 7,914 ha | +34.4% |
| 1999 | 8,558 ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 6,080 ha | -29.0% |
| 2001 | 5,366 ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 5,344 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 5,219 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 4,304 ha | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 5,833 ha | +35.5% |
| 2006 | 4,097 ha | -29.8% |
| 2007 | 4,809 ha | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 5,387 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 6,086 ha | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 6,558 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 5,747 ha | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 5,492 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 6,185 ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 5,420 ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 5,313 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 6,161 ha | +16.0% |
| 2017 | 6,193 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 6,664 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 6,914 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 6,825 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 6,929 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 7,256 ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 7,979 ha | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 9,774 ha | +22.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,652 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,802 ha | 7,610 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,343 ha | 3,884 ha | 9,998 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,158 ha | 5,693 ha | 8,957 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,252 ha | 4,097 ha | 6,086 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,065 ha | 5,313 ha | 6,914 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,753 ha | 6,825 ha | 9,774 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 38 Egypt 11,989 ha compare
- 39 Sudan (former) 10,500 ha compare
- 40 Burkina Faso 10,122 ha compare
- 42 Argentina 8,918 ha compare
- 43 China, Taiwan Province of 8,860 ha compare
- 44 Uruguay 8,462 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.046 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 509.02 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2748 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.6 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.6 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 9,774 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 13,500 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,884 ha in 1982.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 41st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.